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it uses only 1.87 gb of the 2 gb available.
vista didnt do that. any help is appreciated. machine specs copied below
my bios is up to date
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 1501
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55, 1800 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.6.3, 07/12/2007
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 1.87 GB
Available Physical Memory 880 MB
Total Virtual Memory 3.75 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.36 GB
Page File Space 1.87 GB
Have a look into Resource Monitor > Memory tab whether there is some hardware reserved (to the left of the colored bar before the green section).
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Windows 7 does not use as many resources as Vista did, so what you are experiencing may be normal.
My first guess would be that you have an on-board graphic which uses that RAM. Can you tell us your graphic hardware. If you hover over the gray square box in Resource Monitor, it will give you some generic info.
i use an ATI radeon xpress 1150 831mb hyper memory
Yeah, that uses 128MB of your memory. ATI Radeon? Xpress 1100 Series for AMD Notebooks - Specifications